[Re-post to list, accidentally hit wrong reply button.]
On Tue, 24 May 2016 01:06:23 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 10:10:47PM +0200, emninger@??? wrote:
>> Where it is coded, that lxde (startlxde) is the default session (for
>> slim; it's also the topmost one in lightdm, but lightdm has the
>> "memory" function)?
>>
>> I can cycle thru the available sessions by F1 but i would prefer to
>> automatically have jwm as default (and not lxde).
>
> update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
Yeah, that's the theory. But did you actually try that?
Here's what I see on a fresh Devuan Jessie with slim, lxde and jwm:
+
| $ update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
| There are 3 choices for the alternative x-session-manager
| (providing /usr/bin/x-session-manager).
|
| Selection Path Priority Status
| ------------------------------------------------------------
| * 0 /usr/bin/startlxde 50 auto mode
| 1 /usr/bin/lxsession 49 manual mode
| 2 /usr/bin/openbox-session 40 manual mode
| 3 /usr/bin/startlxde 50 manual mode
+
And then there is this:
+
| $ update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
| There are 2 choices for the alternative x-window-manager
| (providing /usr/bin/x-window-manager).
|
| Selection Path Priority Status
| ------------------------------------------------------------
| * 0 /usr/bin/openbox 90 auto mode
| 1 /usr/bin/jwm 20 manual mode
| 2 /usr/bin/openbox 90 manual mode
+
Whatever combination I chose, none resulted in slim starting a
jwm session by default, i.e. without going through the F1 menu.
OTOH, after switching the default display manger, lightdm happily
remembers my last selection for which session to start, be it jwm
or lxde.
Conclusion: SLiM is broken, possibly even FUBAR. Which might be
an explanation why its development ceased, but now that's me just
guessing. ;-)
Regards
Urban
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